W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Sonnet for a Warming World

Sonnet for a Warming World

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** A witting price is paid at last; so this is how it ends, no bells, no shouts, no prize to win; a world so turned it spins ..
(A-88) The Pepper Grinder

(A-88) The Pepper Grinder

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Created as a device of torture, here is the pepper grinder. Some sadist marquis in a dungeon prison must have inven..
haiku 18

haiku 18

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


haiku
The Relic

The Relic

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My dad had an itch and scratched it. That's how we came to move to the farm, not really a farm, more like ten acres tha..
Overbite

Overbite

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It was my turn to turn sideways; after my silhouette was completed and shown to the class, all I saw was my upper lip..
Just None We Want to Hear

Just None We Want to Hear

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** When I saw the four small bodies lying on the lawn, fur matted in blood, no longer cuddly, I wanted to cry. Rabbits so..
Last Place She Wants to Be

Last Place She Wants to Be

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The bathroom scales lie. As does the full-length mirror that's leaned against the wall in a bedroom too small to f..
A Pair of Ravens

A Pair of Ravens

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Two ravens sit on the birdbath -storm clouds above the horizon, harbingers of destruction, hail and the violence of wind,..
Nestlings Under a Future Red Giant

Nestlings Under a Future Red Giant

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It is when the daytime winged fold into sleep, and nocturnal creatures dissolve into darkness I find myself cryin..
Coffee South of the Border

Coffee South of the Border

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My morning coffee is actually two. One seems an insult to the beans that die such a gruesome death, ground into a powd..